Antioch man pleads guilty to stabbing landlord

A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his 70-year-old landlord in his home near Antioch.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Jason Baker could face up to 50 years in prison for killing David Queen.

Baker and his girlfriend, Kimberly Caldwell, had been living with Queen in the 40200 block of Deep Lake Road for about a week before Baker robbed Queen and stabbed him about 50 times on February 3, 2010, Lake County officials said at the time of the incident.

Baker and Caldwell were apprehended in Knox County, Kentucky, the day after the murder. Authorities tracked down the pair after they said Caldwell called her employer, an Antioch restaurant, and said she was quitting and moving to Kentucky, where she has family.Baker told Judge George Bridges today that he had been on medication “for not sleeping and seeing and hearing stuff,” at the time of the incident. He is no longer on any type of medication, he said.

Baker’s attorney, Randi Bruno, asked Bridges for a substance abuse and mental health evaluation, which Bridges agreed to. Baker’s sentencing has been scheduled for May 26.Caldwell, who has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, is schedule to be sentenced on April 19.